Combined girdle and brassiere



Dace 5, 19% J. SIEGEL COMBINED GIRDLE AND BRASSIERE Filed March 29, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l Dec, 5, 19330 J. SIEGEL COMBINED GIRDLE AND BRASSIERE Filed March 29, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 warren Joseph Siegel, llietro executrix or said earner or ies insane oormnrnn Grants Ann nnnssntnn it, Mich; li/ll'arie F; Siegel iloseph Siegel,'deeeased Application March 29, 11932. Serial No. dlllflllt 2 Claims,

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in womens garments, and more particularly to a combined girdle andhrassiere.

-One of the objects or the present invention is to provide a .girdle that will snugly hold the diaphragm in place, mold the hips to produce the slim girlish figure which is much desired, and snugly hold the lousts to the figure.

Still another object or the invention is to provide a garment comprising a girdle and brassire, the brassire being so formed tion with the girdle that it not only the figure and snugly molds and cups the leaves the entire back of the is a style that is carried busts but also wearer uncovered, which in conjunc firmly rlts out in other garments, such as evening gowns and bathing suits, etc. Still another object of the invention is to provide a garment comprising a girdle and an attached brassire, the latter being secured in the front to the girdle and preferably also'at one endto the girdle while the other end is removably secured and designed to be fastened in a regular manner to the waist-line of the girdle and at the rear thereof.

Still another object of the invention is to produce a garment consisting of a girdle and brassiere wherein the entire back of the wearer is uncovered, with the exception of two small.

that the forward ends of straps having forked ends the garment in the rear,

are attached to the straps being attached to the brassire and respectively over the busts. Still another object of the tire garment will snugly the same time, allow invention is to produce a garment so arranged that the pull on the nts will cause it to fiare out slightly at the hip-llne,'so that the enat the figure and, at that freedom of movement, which is much to he desired.

With these and other objects in view,

the invention consists in certain new and novel arrangements and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

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improved gar- Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof and turned side for side;

Fig. 3 is a side and rear view showing the garment in place;

Fig. 4 is a fanciful side and front view showing the manner in which the garment fits the wearer Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to a preferred embodiment, and for the moment to Figs. 1 and 2, which show a front and rear view respectively there may be M seen a girdle l and a hrassiere 2, the girdle bein formed of a front portion 3 and a rear portion 4, the latter portion, of course, including the sides of the girdle. The front portion 3 has a central additional reinforcing panel 5 which may be provided with the small short stays 6 in its upper portion, this panel 5 being sewed on the inside of the garment. The lowerportion 8 of the forward front panel is cut out, as well as the material-in the front portion 3, and filled with m elastic 9, as may be seen in Figs. 1 and'2. Garter straps 1e are attached to the front lower edges of the garment, two of these being secured. to the lower end of the front panel 5, so that the pull from these garters will he directed to a g5 reinforced part of the garment.

Along one edge (left of Fig. 2) of the front portion 3 of the garment may he seen a row of hooks ll which are'to be secured in-the hook eyes 12 that extend down the other marginal 9 edge of the girdle.

Now along the other edge 13 or the front portion of the girdle there may be seen a strip of elastic material it to whic in turn, a marginal edge 15 of the rear portion of the garment is 5, stitched and there may be seen another elastic strip 14 attached to a marginal edge of the rear portion a of the girdle, so that when the garment encircles the figure these side strips of elastic material may stretch, thus allowing the girdle 9 to snugly fit over the hips of the wearer.

At the lower edge or therear portion e of the garment there may be seen the additional garter straps l0, and it will he noticed that wherever the straps appear the garment is reinforced to help sustain the strain from the said garter straps.

The lower marginal edge of the garment, both front and rear, is taped along its lower edge, as at 16, while the upper edge, that is, of the rear 10o portion 4, is taped along its upper marginal edge, as at 1'7, and a further reinforcement occurs by taping along a line 18, as will be seen in Fig. 2. i

It will he noticed that the elastic strip 14 extends upwardly to the line 19 while above this there is the inelastic material 20 which extends to the upper marginal edge 21 of the girdle.

The front portion 3 of the garment extends slightly upwardly toward its center, as at 22, M0

and it will be understood that this upper marginal edge is also taped, as may be seen at 23.

Now the left side of the girdle (Fig. 2) extends from its lower marginal edge up to the marginal upper edge 23, while outwardly extending from this side is a part of the brassiere, which will shortly be described.

Thus far, it will be seen that considering just the girdle, it consists of the front inelastic portion 1, the rear inelastic portion i and the elastic inserts, the upper edges of the rear and sides of the girdle forming the waist-line of the girdle, the girdle, however, extending farther up the body of the figure in the front than it does in the rear.

Thus, the back of the wearer will be exposed as far as the girdle is concerned, whereas the front of the body (diaphragm) will be covered with the girdle to a point just below the busts.

Having described the girdle, a short description will follow of the brassiere portion.

Still referring to Figs. 1 and 2, there will be noticed secured along the marginal upper edge 22 of the girdle the lace portion 24 of the brassire, which may have the usual little tucks 25, so that the lace will, cup itself about the busts when on the wearer.

Now secured to the respective marginal side edge 26 of the lace portion of the brassire are the inelastic portions 27 and at, which form the side portions of the brassire, and the portion 27, that is, to the left of Fig. 2, will first be described.

As will be seen, the lower edge 28 of the portion 27 is rounded upwardly slightly toward its outer end, while the upper marginal edge curves from the point 29 upwardly and around to the point 30. The inner e'dge of the material of the portion 27, as before mentioned, is secured along the edge 26 of the lace portion and also to the inelastic material of the front portion 3, as along the line 31.

About opposite the waist-line, the portion 27 is folded over, as at 32, and stitched along lines 33 to form a seam or dart.

It is, of course, desired to have the garment fit snugly at the waist and then flare slightly outwardly and downwardly to conform to the hips and also flare slightly upwardly from the waist to conform to the shape of the upper part of the human body. By forming a seam or dart in the brassiere portion as above-mentioned, this is readily accomplished, as may be seen in Fig. 5, that is, by folding the material back on itself and putting stitching apross the line, as shown, the garment fits into the waist and flares as just described. This forming of the dart in the oppositeside of the bressiere is also carried out, as will be seen in Figs. 1 and 2.

At the end of the brassiere portion just referred to, that is the portion 2? to the left (Fig. 2), there will be seen the two little tapered elastic strips 35 and 35" which are reinforced and joined by a small piece of tape 36 with the two books 37 thereon.

Stillreferring to Fig. 2, there will also be seen a small reinforcement of tape 38 where the inner ends of the elastic strips join the outer edge of the material. At the upper end of this strip 38, there will be seen a'shoulder strap 40 which is fastened at the point 29 and is also secured at its other end to the front'of the brassire at the point 41 which is about over one of the busts.

There will also be seen the short strap 42 joining the shoulder strap which also connects with the upper marginal edge of the brassiere, as at 43, so that in reality this shoulder strap it is forked at its lower end.

Now the other side of the brassiere (Fig. 2) is substantially the same, that is, there is the portion i l which has the small elastic end it but in this instance the elastic strip is sewed, as at 46, to the upper edge of the rear portion a of the brassire. There may also be seen two small hook eyes 4? to receive the aforementioned hooks 37 on the opposite ends of the brassiere.

It will be understood that these hook eyes a? might be sewed to the end of the elastic portion 45 and the portion 45 not permanently attached to the garment, but I find it preferable to at tach this side of the brassiere to the garment. as shown.

Around the entire upper marginal edge of the brassiere, there will be a strengthening tape, so that the same will withstand the strain to which the garment is subjected.

It will be seen that there is also, of course, a shoulder strap on this side of the garment and this has a similar strip 49 extending from the shoulder strap over to a point about midway of the lengthof the material 44 of this side of the brassire.

Referring for the moment to Fig. 3, where the garment is shown on the figure, it will be seen that the entire back of the wearer is exposed and that all that are seen are the two shoulder straps 40 and 48 and the little forked ends of the same, that is, the little straps 42 and The shoulder straps 40 and 48 will be of elsetic and the little cross straps 42 and 49 may or may not be of elastic.

It will also be seen that the brassire portion overlaps the girdle portion around under the arms, so that there is no danger of the brassiere riding over the girdle at these points. The back, however, is exposed as from this point upward= 137 under the arms, the brassiere slants increas roe res

ingly upwardly until it reaches the busts where I it molds them tightly to the figure.

By providing the rear ends of the brassiere with elastic and fastening one end permanent ly to the back and hooking the other end to the back, the brassiere will always snugly and smoothly mold and fit the figure.

Furthermore, there will be an upward pull on the shoulder straps from a point directly in the center of the back and there will also be a pull. under the arms from the shoulder straps to the brassire, so that the brassiere under the arms will not only be held up in the front but will be pulled snugly toward the rear or, in other words,

mold the figure.

By forming the sides of the brassiere, that is, the portions 27 and 44 with the seam or dart, it will be seen that the effect is that the pull from the elastic fits the garment into the figure per= fectly at the waistline and side and malres the lower part of the dart flare out over the hips and the upper part flare up and out toward the bust line.

' From the foregoing, it will be seen that E have formed a garment consisting of a brasslere and girdle that molds the diaphragm, snugly hugs the busts, molds the hips, fits perfectly at the waist-line, leaves the back of the wearer l lil exposed and, at the same time, is so formed that the several parts will always snugly and smoothly fit the figure.

It will also be seen that the pull from the shoulder straps is evenly divided just below the armpits and in the rear of the garment, so

that the brassiere will at all times be firmly held against the figure, even though there is no horizontal strap or horizontal rear ends of the brassire extending across the back above the waist-line.

It will be understood that should it be desired to have the brassire extend somewhat higher in the back, the elastic straps forming the outer ends of the brassiere might be made wider.

Many slight changes being possible in the construction hereinbefore set forth,'I do not wish to' limit myself to the exact details thereof.

Having thus, described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A combined girdle and brassire comprising a front panel of inelastic material, side panels of elastic material and a rear portion of inelastic material, the marginal edges of said related parts being reinforced with tape, the brassiere forming a part of the girdle in the front and having two side portions extending outwardly from said panel, one of said side portions being rigidly attached to the back of the girdle at its upper marginal edge, the other side portion of the girdle being unattached, elastic strips at the ends of the side portions of the brassire, horizontal seams extending across the side portions of the brassiere and in a line with the upper marginal edge of the rear of the girdle to thus cause the brassiere to flare outwardly from the said seams, the side portions of the brassiere being cut sharply from their upper edges to their outer ends, shoulder straps having the respective ends of their front portions secured to the front of the brassiere and the ends of their rear portions secured to the side portions of the brassire near the outer ends of said side portions, and straps extending from a point substantially midway the height of the said side portions of the brassire to said rear portions of said shoulder straps thus causing the brassire to be pulled tightly in about the figure of the wearer.

2. A combined girdle and brassiere, the brassiere comprising a front and side portions, the side portions having a double thickness of material along a line just above the hips of the wearer, when the garment is in place, to allow the brassiere to flare outwardly in both directions from said line just above the hips to thus mold the sides and rear of the garment to the figure, shoulder straps extending from the front portion of the brassiere to the ends of the side portions, means also for connecting the sides of 

